It is misleading to say, for example, the US has such and such agenda or the West wants this or that. When we are talking about nations, we should know that they have no role in the decision-making process. At most we can say that the power of the American State is being mobilized by…
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In the case of revolutionary organizations (which is really an o…
In the case of revolutionary organizations (which is really an oxymoron), their most important means of leverage in their relationship with the power they oppose, is their ability to control the opposition. That is, their capacity to de-mobilize their supporters in exchange for concessions from power. They want to be invited to the negotiating table…